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roundabout

英 ['ra?nd?ba?t] 美['ra?nd?ba?t]
  • adj. 迂回的,繞道的;圓滾滾的
  • n. 迂回路線;環(huán)狀交叉路口

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?roundabouts;

英文詞源


roundabout (adv.)
"by a circuitous route," mid-14c., from round (adv.) + about. As an adjective from c. 1600. Noun sense of "traffic circle" is attested from 1927.

雙語例句


1. The turn is about two kilometres before the roundabout.
拐彎就在環(huán)島前面約2公里處。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Just past the Barlby roundabout there's temporary traffic lights.
在剛過巴爾比環(huán)島的地方,有一個(gè)臨時(shí)紅綠燈。

來自柯林斯例句

3. At the roundabout, take the second exit.
到環(huán)島后,走第二個(gè)出口。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. Last night I got lost, and took a very roundabout way.
昨天夜里走錯(cuò)了路, 繞了一個(gè)大圈子.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. What a roundabout way of doing things!
這是個(gè)多么繞圈子做事的方法!

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》